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Personate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Personate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

"She posed as the Czar's daughter"

2

attribute human qualities to something

"The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"

3

To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.

4

To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

Adjective
1

Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (in a way reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
deceive impute
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
masquerade
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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